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6 Saturday, June 18, 2016 Biz Roundup: Pakistani equities roar to 4th straight all-time peak KARACHI, Jun 17: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) achieved fourth straight all-time closing peak on Friday after investors continued buying positions following Pakistan's re-classification into the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The Pakistan Stock Exchange's benchmark KSE 100-Index gained 0. 07 percent or 25.34 points to 38,776.94 points on Friday when compared with 38,751.60 on Thursday. During the week that ended on Friday, the main index accumulated 1,836.60 points with all the five trading sessions closing in the green range. The KSE All-Share Index increased 0.11 percent or 27.33 points to 25,632.17 points, the KSE 30-Index moved up slightly by 0.1 percent or 22.30 points to 22,370.82 points, the KMI 30- Index fell by 0.52 percent or 347.48 points to 67,099.60 points, whereas the Islamic All-Share Index slipped by 0.37 percent or 65.73 points to 17,853.97 points. During Friday's trading session, the main index KARACHI, Jun 17: Sindh (Operation) Mr Wencai Chief Minister Syed Qaim Zhang. The other members Ali Shah has said that the of the delegation were Asian Development Bank Country Director Mr Werner (ADB) is most important E. Liepach, Advisor to partner of Sindh government Senior Vice President Mr in the development of the Huiping Huang, Senior province. "Out of Rs28.8 billion Economist Ms Farzana foreign assisted projects Noshab. The chief minister , ADB share 31.6 percent." was assited by Chief This he said while talking Secretary Siddique Memon, a high power ADB delegation Principal Secretary led by its Vice President Alamuddin Bullo, Additional Chief Secretary (Dev) Mohammad Waseem, Secretary Finance Sohail Rajput and others. The chief minister said that the Sindh government with the assistance of ADB has launched three important projects, Enhancing Public Private Partnership (PPP), Sindh Roads Improvement Project and Sindh Cities Improvement Programme at strolled in a condensed range of 316.76 points as it touched an intraday high of 38,958.44 points as against an intraday low of 38,641.68 points. Market volumes depleted by 47.36 percent or 121.146 million shares to 134.636 million shares on Friday when compared with 255. 782 million shares posted on Thursday. During the week under review, the top Pakistani bourse reported total volumes of 917.09 million shares at average daily turnovers of 183.417 million shares. Market capitalization improved by 0.11 percent or 8.193 billion rupees to 7.685 ADB VP MEETS CM ADB shows interest to construct harbour road, bridge to connect it with Northern Bypass Crude oil prices rise for first time in seven days LONDON, Jun 17: Crude oil prices rose on Friday for the first time in seven days, but are set to end the week lower as trading remains volatile before Britain's June 23 referendum on its EU membership. Brent crude futures were up $1.34 at $48.53 a barrel by 1347 GMT, having dropped 3.6 percent in the previous session. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose $1.10 to $47.31 a barrel after falling 3.8 percent in the previous session. The two contracts are set to end the week 3.5-4 percent lower. "It's mainly Brexit at the moment, at least until next Thursday, before people start to look at the more fundamental oil/commodity drivers again," ABN Amro senior energy economist Hans van Cleef said. Analysts said investors had closed some short positions after a week of volatile trading, which helped to bring about some correction in oil prices on Friday. "I suspect markets will be very volatile overnight on Thursday and on Friday," Julian Jessop, chief economist and head of commodities research at Capital Economics, told Reuters Global Oil Forum. Jessop said he would expect a sharp sell-off in oil if Britain votes to leave the EU, possibly sending prices as low as $40 for Brent before a rally sets in. He forecast Brent and WTI crude would be around $45 a barrel at the end of 2016 and around $60 at the end of 2017. Foreign investment lessened by 75 pc in ten months of 2015-16: SBP ISLAMABAD, Jun 17: Foreign investment in Pakistan lessened by 75 percent in ten months of the fiscal year 2015-16 than the previous financial year, reported on Friday. Statistics released by State Bank of Pakistan show that $ 680.31 million were invested in Pakistan in July 2015-May 2016 period which is $ 2.11 billion lesser than the first eleven months of 2014-15. Direct investment rose by $ 1.8 billion however, withdrawals from the stock market resulted in stagnating total foreign investment in private sector at $ 700 million. USD 20 million were withdrawn from the government sector. a cost of Rs11.945 billion. He said that there are some promising projects in the province in which the assistance of ADB was needed. They are Karachi Harbour road and bridge, desalination Plants, Mass Transit project, poverty alleviation Keti Bander, energy sector {coal and wind power} and irrigation projects. Powers of dishonest brokers should be clipped immediately: PBIF ISLAMABAD, Jun 17: President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum (PBIF) Mian Zahid Hussain on Friday expressed satisfaction over re-entry of Pakistan Stock Market in the Emerging Markets classification. The return to the index after a gap of eight years is an accomplishment which has resulted in sharp and abrupt upward climb of stocks and strengthened hopes of large-scale foreign investor interest in the near future, he said. He said the credit of reentry goes to the efforts of Finance Minister Ishaq Dar who was trying for it since long. He said that now Government should try to keep the classification intact and try for the upgrade to lure badly needed local and foreign investment. The powers of regulator must be increased while the ability of dishonest broker mafia to manipulate rise and fall of market must be broken down so that local and foreign investors can invest with confidence in a transparent environment, there must be some mechanism to differentiate good and bad brokers, he demanded. Mian Zahid said that practice of the past Government to appointment representatives of brokers’ mafia against important posts in the regulator should be discouraged as it has eroded the market to the benefit of few on the cost of masses. trillion rupees whereas trade value slipped by 35.74 percent or 6.275 billion rupees to 11.285 billion rupees. Among 338 active scrips on Friday, prices of 194 issues declined and 122 advanced, whereas values of 22 other companies stayed unchanged for the week. Karachi Electric Ltd (KEL), Pakistan International Bulk Terminal Ltd (PIBTL), and Habib Bank Ltd (HBL) were the top traded companies with turnovers of 17.689 million shares, 8. 125 million shares and 7.092 million shares, respectively. Colgate Palmolive was the top price gainer with an increment of 50.01 rupees to 1,550 rupees while on the other hand Bata Pakistan led the major price losers with a decrement of 100 rupees to 3,600 rupees. CDWP okays 13 development projects ISLAMABAD, Jun 17: Central Development Working Party chaired by Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal here on Friday approved Rs 91 billion for 13 development projects related to energy, water resource, transport and communication, physical planning and housing. The meeting also recommended seven development projects worth 88 billion rupees to Executive Committee of National Economic Council. The projects recommended to ECNEC include H a s a n a b d a l - H a v e l i a n Expressway, Lahore-Sialkot Motorway, Kalashah Kaku to Lahore Ring Road, 220KV Mirpur Khas Substation, 220KV Dera Ismail Khan-Zhob Double Circuit Transmission, 7th Secondary Transmission Line and Grid Stations and 500KV HVAC Transmission Lines for Interconnection of HVDC with HVAC at Matiari and Lahore. It also approved Construction of Pre-stress bridge from Mangri to Fatehpur Afghan Nullah Bahein Narowal. In Water resource and environment sector, the CDWP approved construction of 100 dams in Tehsil Dubandal Gulistan Killa Abdullah and Chaman Area District Killa Abdullah. ISLAMABAD, Jun 17: The weekly inflation for the week ended on June 16, for the combined income group witnessed decrease of 0.38 percent as compared to previous week. The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week under review in the above mentioned group was recorded at 216.27 points against 217.10 points registered in the previous week, according to data of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). As compared to the corresponding week of last year, the SPI for the combined group in the week under review increased by 0.50 per cent. Corporate Corner Zong to offer Samsung and Huawei handsets at CSC in Gujranwala KARACHI, Jun 17: June 17, 2016: Zong 4G, in partnership with Muller and Phipps, recently launched one-of-its-kind Handset Zone in the industrial city of Gujranwala, featuring cellular handsets of top brands Huawei and Samsung. The state-of-the-art Handset Zone has been set up at the Zong 4G Customer Services Centre (CSC). This initiative will now enable its customers in Gujranwala to have unrestricted access to latest mobile phones featuring exclusive Zong 4G services. “Our CSCs are the best in telecom industry and we are offering a platform for handset companies to partner with us not only to boost their sales but also give access to customers to test their handsets before a purchase,” Moied Javeed, Executive Director Commercial, Zong explained. “That top cellular companies like Huawei and Samsung are opting to partner with us is a testament of our telecom supremacy. Zong offers unmatched data speeds and highly competitive data bundles,” Mr Javeed further added. Muller and Phipps, the distribution partner of Samsung and Huawei, has facilitated the availability of handsets of these two brands at the Zong CSC. It is pertinent to mention that Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has rated Zong as the country’s number one cellular network with widest 4G coverage. Huawei’s Most awaited P9 LITE Launches in Pakistan KARACHI, Jun 17: Finally the wait is over, Huawei P9 Lite is here another star P series product. Huawei P9 lite is successor to the best selling Huawei P8 Lite and it is strongly expected to sweep the market. Recent launch of Huawei P9 in London and Dubai had created huge media hype in Pakistan. Consumers showed great eagerness for the new product, they are anxiously waiting for the new product to hit the shelves. Huawei launched P9 lite during eid festive period to wish there customers the best of the Eid, P9 lite is an elegant device smartly designed and booming with new enhanced tenchology and features. Huawei P9 LITE offers an extraordinary Primary camera powered with new Sony IMX214 13megapixel stacked CMOS image sensor. High Res screen and perfect lens combine with CMOS image sensor that elaborates the level of photography and quality of image remarkably. It has the F2.0 big aperture, 7cm microspur, 28 mm wide angle and 5P lens. P9 Lite has a powerful front camera powered with 8 MP shooter to gurantee perfect selfie. Huawwei P9 lite is jam packed with features and to power this all, Kirin 650 Octa core provides seemless power with great efficiency. This enhances customers experience with lagless and smooth UI. Huawei P9 Lite is a mid range smart phone that works equally good to flagships available in the market with just fraction of the price. Huawei once again delivered taylor made solution for smartphone consumers needs, So far the results are extraordinary for the P9 Lite smart phone in terms of acceptance in the market, sales, social media hype and most importantly the endorsements by the technology experts and media icons. Moreover, this smart-phone is not only available with accidental coverage and Jazz Free Unlimited 3G internet for one month but also provide postal service newly initiated by Huawei, all this at the amazing price of Rs. 28,499. Gree launches Digital campaign to highlight performance of its Air Conditioners KARACHI, Jun 17: Gree is a leading brand of air-conditioners in the world, distributed in Pakistan by DWP Group. Gree has launched a fresh digital campaign to highlight its recognition as the most reliable brand in terms of performance and quality. The campaign will communicate GREE Inverter AC's ability to save upto 65% on energy, while consistently giving the most powerful cooling. It also shows the other unmatched features of Gree products to create awareness among the consumers. Information about the robust business performance of the GREE brand will also be provided to the consumers through this digital campaign. Gree has been consistently innovating new technologies to create the best-suited products, in accordance with the experts’ insights and the changing needs of the consumers. Whereby Gree's most advanced INVERTER technology can now ensure faster cooling with much lower consumption of electricity. Due to the hot weather conditions, rising costs and unstable supply of electricity in Pakistan, Gree has created the most reliable air conditioners, to ensure best performance in Pakistan's hot climatic conditions and environment. There is a rapidly increasing trend in Pakistan market, as the consumers are now opting for air conditioners based on inverter technology, which greatly reduces electricity consumption and the overall cost of air-conditioning. A research study in Pakistan has revealed that; In the long-run Gree Inverter AC proves to be the most economical product, due to consistent performance and low maintenance costs. Weekly inflation eases 0.38pc The weekly SPI has been computed with base 2007 2008=100, covering 17 urban centers and 53 essential items for all income groups and combined. Meanwhile, the SPI for the lowest income group up to Rs 8000 also decreased by 0.28 percent as it went down from 207.26 points in the previous week to 206.67 points in the week under review. As compared to the last week, the SPI for the income groups from Rs 8001 12,000, Rs 12,001 18,000 and 18,001 35,000 decreased by 0.34 percent, 0.37 percent, 0.40 percent and 0.40 per cent respectively. SIALKOT: Women workers are busy in preparing surgical instruments at a local factory in Sialkot. Surgical Instruments Industry is a major contributor of the total exports. US housing starts hurt by weakness in multi-family units WASHINGTON, Jun 17: U.S. housing starts slipped in May as the construction of multi-family housing units dropped, but further gains in building permits signaled a rebound that would support economic growth in the second quarter. Groundbreaking fell 0.3 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 1.16 million units, the Commerce Department said on Friday. May's decline followed a 4.9 percent surge in April. Building permits rose 0.7 percent to a 1.14-million unit rate in May. "Another month of gains in building permits coupled with near record low mortgage rates provide opportunity for a bounce back," said Bill Banfield, vice president at Quicken Loans in Detroit. Though the pace of home building has slowed after a brisk first quarter, housing remains a pillar of strength for the economy. Residential construction added almost six-tenths of a percentage point to first-quarter gross domestic product, the biggest contribution in more than three years. The economy grew at a 0.8 percent annualized rate in the first quarter. The Atlanta Federal Reserve left its growth forecast for the second quarter unchanged at a 2.8 percent pace after Friday's housing starts data. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast housing starts falling to a 1.15 millionunit pace last month. The S&P homebuilding index .SPLRCHOME rose 1.21 percent, outperforming a broadly weaker U.S. stock market. Shares in the nation's largest homebuilder, D.R. Horton Inc (DHI.N), advanced 1.31 percent and Lennar Corp (LEN.N) gained 1.0 percent. Luxury homebuilder Toll Brothers rallied 1.82 percent. Prices for U.S. government debt fell and the dollar .DXY was trading lower against a basket of currencies.
Saturday, June 18, 2016 Sportlight 7 Pakistan to wear Edhi Foundation logo kit in England LAHORE, LAHORE, Jun 17: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has granted permission to use Edhi Foundation logo on Pakistan teams kits during England tour. The media reported that captains from All three formats of will attend a ceremony later today to endorse the charitable organisation before departing for England tomorrow morning at 9:00am. This would be the first time in Pakistan cricket team’s history that players would wear logos of a charitable organisation on their official kit. Pakistan’s long-awaited tour of England will begin from tomorrow, when the team flies for England tomorrow. However, the four-match Test series will begin from July 14, next month. Pakistan will play four Test matches, 6 ODIs and only T20 in 2 month long England tour. Moreover, Pakistan Cricket team will be wearing new kit in the One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 (T20) series against England this summer. M Amir says goodbye to Karachi Kings Jun 17: Pakistan’s premier fast bowler Mohammad Amir, who represented Karachi Kings franchise in Pakistan Super League (PSL), has reportedly said goodbye to its team. Mohammad Amir has part ways from Karachi Kings, and his name will again be in drafts for PSL’s second edition. No any official statement regarding the news has come from Amir as yet. Mohammad Amir took 7 wickets in PSL first edition with a hat-trick against Lahore Qalandars. Amir, who has finally received his visa and other traveling documents for England tour, stated that he is not afraid of facing the English crowd again this summer when Pakistan travel to England. Pakistan aim for upward movement in ICC Women's Championship Spinner Faraz Ahmed five wickets haul Dr M. Arif Hafeez Sports Reporter KARACHI, Jun 17: left Arm spinner Faraz Ahmed was on song with a five-wicket haul as Tapal ccb beat host Aga Khan Gykhana in 29 AKG Ramazan Festival T20 cricket tournament in Group “A”fixture. The seasoned slow leftarmer grabbed five wickets for mere 17 runs in four overs to restricted Aga khan BIRMINGHAM, Jun 17: Sania Mirza playing with American partner Coco Vandeweghe were beaten by Naomi Broady and Heather Watson 6-4, 6-4 in the first round of the AEGON Classic tournament. Second seeds Sania and Vandeweghe were broken twice in each set and never really recovered as they lost their way in the first match of the tournament at Birmingham. The two breaks proved crucial as the Indo-American pair went down in straight sets. In the second set, Mirza and Vandeweghe saved two match points when they were 3-5 down, but couldn't save a third as the unseeded British pair of Broady and Watson closed down the match. Earlier, Rohan Bopanna and his Romanian partner Florin Mergea were beaten by Frenchmen Julien Benneteau and Edouard gymkhana on 132-7 in 20 overs afte the bating first.Captain mir Afzal baig was the punishing mood struck 70 off 51 balls with four hug sixes and a four but he failed to his team from defeat,Zulfiqr Ali made 31 in 43 balls.off spinner Yasir Hussai took-22. Tapal cc in reply reach the target 136-3 17.3 overs thanked to Sehyar Ghani 52 from 37 deliveries ( four fours and two sixes), and Roger-Vasselin 6-3, 3-6, 10- 12 in the opening round at the Queen's Club Championships in London. The AEGON Classic is a Captain Zeeshan Jameel.52 0 from 48 balls(two fours and brace of sixes),they did 126 runs for the Third wicket.off spinner saud islam took2-19 Faraz’s outstanding spell won him the manof-the-match award.Ho’n Secretary AKG Khaliq Pasnani was the chief guest on the occasion Senior Member Finnance AKG Al- Amin. Turyani, Ameen. Marchant (Tapal) Cricket ,conveenor AKG Mir Afzal KARACHI: Chief guest honouray secretary AKG Khaliq Pasnai gave awy the Man of the match award to Faraz Ahmed(Tapal cc).Senior Member finnance AKG Al-Amin Turyani, Ameen Marchant (Tapal),Cricket conveenor AKG Mir Afzal Baig, member Irfan Surani also seen. Sania and Vandeweghe lose in the first round of the AEGON Classic tournament tournament considered as a warm up tournament for Wimbledon and a sister tournament to the men's Queen's Club Championships. IOC and IPC sign long-term agreement supporting the Paralympic Movement Sports Reporter KARACHI, Jun 17: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic cooperation, Committee (IPC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding outlining the principles for a new long-term agreement between the organisations. Under this new agreement, the IOC and IPC will cooperate with the aim of: - Increasing the visibility of the Paralympic Games and enhance the Paralympic brand; - Deepening existing specifically on the implementation of Olympic Agenda 2020, the strategic roadmap for the future of the Olympic Movement; - Ensuring the financial stability and long-term viability of the IPC, the Paralympic Games and the Paralympic Movement. The new agreement would run through 2032 and will build on the current partnerships and cooperation agreements that were signed prior to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. “This agreement is an important milestone in the implementation of Olympic Agenda 2020,” said IOC President Thomas Bach. baig, Member tournament Irfan Surani slso seen. Summarised scores: Aga Khan gym. 132-7 in 20 overs,(Mir Afzal Baig 70, Zulfiqar Ali.31, Fara,Ahmed.5-17,yasir Hussain 2-22); Tapal cc136-4in 17.3 overs (Sehryar Gahni 52, Zeeshan Jameel.52. Saud Islam 2-9:). Saturdays fixture: Bank Islamic vs Qasmi Gymkhana(Group ‘C’). Naya Nazimabad Ramazan Cup Cricket tournament held Sports Reporter KARACHI, Jun 17: Muhammad Taimoor earned the distinction of striking the first century in the fourth edition of Naya Nazimabad Ramazan Cup Cricket Tournament as Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) crushed hapless Medicam Cricket Club by 121 runs here at the Lawai Stadium. Taimoor bludgeoned a record dozen sixes and five boundaries in his hurricane 58 balls knock while Asif Zakir cracked 58 runs off 31 balls with nine boundaries and brace of sixes. Sent to bat first, SSGC constructed a massive 238 runs for the loss of four wickets in 20 overs. Test discarded Fawad Alam smashed 22 in five balls came with two sixes and as many fours. Left arm pacer Zohaib Sheraz bowled well in difficult circumstances taking three wickets for 44 runs. Medicam CC, in reply, crashed for 117 on the penultimate ball of 20th over. Paceman Muhammad Irfan snapped up four wickets for 17 runs in four overs. With back to back victories, SSGC jumped on the top of five teams pool “C”. FRANCE, Jun 17: Italy moved into the knockout stages of Euro 2016 and continued to defy their doubters as Eder scored two minutes from fulltime to secure a 1-0 win over a shot-shy and unadventurous Sweden on Friday. Eder ended a great run by firing home to move Italy clear at the top of Group E on six points after two matches following their 2-0 victory over Belgium in their opening encounter. The result left Sweden in an uncomfortable position with one point after two games ahead of their final group clash against Belgium next week. Sweden were well organised at the back but toothless in attack, with their danger man Zlatan Ibrahimovic looking a shadow of his brilliant best and hardly creating a chance. Italy, who came into the tournament with questions surrounding the strength of NBP beat Dollar East in cricket tourney KARACHI, Jun 17: Defending champion Dollar East chances of qualifying for the last-eight round in Naya Nazimabad Ramazan Cup Cricket Tournament suffered another blow when it went down against NBP by 16 runs here at the Lawai Stadium on Friday morning. Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt, who was banned for ten years for spotfixing by the ICC, slammed 63 off 42 balls with the help of seven boundaries and one six. But it failed to save his team from the eventual defeat. Chasing 170 for victory, Dollar East could manage 153 after losing seven wickets in 20 overs. Faheem Ashraf grabbed two wickets. Earlier, NBP captain Kamran Akmal hit 48 off 31 balls with five fours and two sixes to win the Man of the Match award. Sports Reporter KARACHI, Jun 17: Unlike Mickey Arthur, who has expressed his desire to learn Urdu while coaching the Pakistan cricket team, Stuart Law may not have intentions of buying Hindi text books, but he believes the language will not be a barrier, if given opportunity to coach the Indian cricket team. The 48-year-old Law is one among the few foreigners, who has responded to the their squad, but surprised many with their superb performance against a highlyfancied Belgium side, relied on their trademark, tight defence against the Swedes. They rarely threatened up KARACHI, Jun 17: The ICC Women's Championship moves into top gear when England hosts Pakistan in a three-ODI series in Leicester from June 20. This will be the last series of round five of seven, while the final two rounds will commence in October before the event culminates in November. The ICC Women's Championship is the pathway to qualification for the ICC Women's World Cup July 2017. The top four sides will automatically qualify for the event proper to be staged in England from June 26 to July 23 2017, while the bottom four sides will get a final chance of qualification through the ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier in March/April 2017. Plenty will be at stake for BCCI advertisement. He says, 'I am honoured to be named in the running to become the Head Coach to the Indian Cricket Team. As it is an extremely high profile position, the BCCI have expressed that the candidates be familiar with the Nations languages as well as having had extensive coaching experience either at a domestic or international level with some kind of success". "Communication skills befitting the coach of an front, however, until Marco Parolo hit the crossbar with a header shortly before Eder netted the winner. “It was a difficult game,” Italy coach Antonio Conte told Rai Sport. “We struggled both England and Pakistan, which are currently sitting in sixth and seventh positions respectively. England stands to move up to third if it wins the series, Pakistan will jump to fifth if it wins all the three matches. Australia leads the field with 24 points, but the recently crowned ICC Women's World Twenty20 champion the West Indies is just four points behind in second place. New Zealand is another four points behind at 16, while South Africa is on 15 points. Sri Lanka is in eighth position with just 5 points. Pakistan's ODI captain Sana Mir, who has chosen to step down from Twenty20 duties to focus on the 50- over game, said she had a talented side to command with the likes of bowler International team are mandatory along with the ability to effectively convey the right messages and must demonstrate proficiency in English. The ability to communicate in an Indian language is desirable but by no means mandatory", one of the conditions the BCCI had ratified after initially made it mandatory. "This is their wish and still to be shortlisted will be extremely humbling". "I don’t know the Nations in the first half. “The boys did well to ride the storm and hurt Sweden when we needed to.” Italy had been praised for their unity and work rate in their opening win over Belgium, but appeared to Anam Amin, who is Pakistan's leading wickettaker in the women's championship with 16 dismissals. She believed Pakistan's improved performance at the ICC World Twenty20 in India, where it won two out of four matches compared with just one win in 2014, marked a move in the right direction. “We were extremely close to making it three wins out of four in India. “The Pakistan team now has a reputation of giving extra tough times to big teams and we really enjoy living up to this reputation. Apart from the top two teams in the table, no team is in a position to definitely secure a place in top four. This is going to be an exciting series with a lot at stake for both teams.” Language is NOT a barrier, says Stuart Law Sports Reporter KARACHI, Jun 17: Day-night Test is the future of cricket’s longest format but the boards should not rush it, according to New Zealand pace great Richard Hadlee. Australia played the first daynight Test against New Zealand at Adelaide Oval last November and have agreed another floodlit match with South Africa at the same venue during the home summer. The concept has found ready takers in south Asia with India trialling pink balls and Pakistan agreeing to play a floodlit Test in Brisbane in December. “You try, it is the game of the future. Probably one Test in a series is fair enough,” Hadlee Said. “I think most people like to see the traditional format during the day.” The languages but having spent a lot of time on the sub continent, you learn how to pick up the mood of the conversation and determine the feelings of the group or individual by observation", Law said. Law has worked with the national teams in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. "The majority of words used to talk about cricket are English, so it can be a little easier to communicate to players that aren’t comfortable speaking English". Day-night Test future of cricket’s longest format: Richard Hadlee durability of the pink kookaburra ball and the dew factor in India have raised doubts about the future of a floodlit Test in the country. Hadlee said the players must get ample practice before such a contest. “It is important for the players to have practice games; you cannot ask them to go out there and ask them to play a daynight game against the pink ball. Late Eder goal sends Italy through to last 16 have no answer to Sweden’s organised rearguard until Eder’s late intervention. Sweden coach Erik Hamren had criticised their lack of attacking vitality following their opening 1-1 draw with Ireland, and while there was an improvement in their overall performance, Ibrahimovic once again failed to provide a cutting edge and live up to his billing. “We were much better than the Italians for periods, but we didn’t create really dangerous chances,” Sweden midfielder Albin Ekdal told Swedish broadcaster SVT. Sweden are still without a shot on target at the tournament, although Martin Olsson proved a menacing threat down the left, sending an effort just over the bar on 18 minutes having set the tone with an early cross that prompted a nervous clearance from Giorgio Chiellini.
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